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West Ham 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Venereal Diseases (L.C.C. Scheme).

Summary of work done by the Hospitals during the Year 1927.

Syphilis4,349380194150130532550127305,4886076,095
Soft Chancre12334161...18315060210
Gonorrhoea9,21889242832021111650942424311,61488212,496
Not venereal7,598735417321165944298242569,76839610,164
Total21,2882,0101,04379251226411724361913227,0201,94528,965
Total attendances631,47344,60417,22719,1299.4454,5462,1935,32811,9443,160749,04918,229767,278
No. of in-patient days61,3694,3473,5892,4872,5578741,1561511,23838478,15234,261112,413
Salvarsan Subs. doses43,0033,9902,0091,6791,0305183214371,09026754,3442,40256,746
Pathological Examinations.
For or at Centres:—
Spirochaetes87969108510...61211,018781,096
Gonococci44,5032,3342,0959779753811894851,18624153,3662,30055,666
Wassermann27,2651,75691291757925215421352315832,7291,28534,014
Others13,417771303903375181124328414016,33040616,736
Total86,0824,9303,3202,8051,9348244677361,805540103,4434,069107,512
For Practitioners:—
Spirochaetes308...7......1.........46...46
Gonococci2,9922372125351516325322874,354264,380
Wassermann15,4062,0471,053696846713119534737520,40132520,726
Others1,34037273843012122451,853411,894
Total19,7682,3291,2921,6221299514722238366726,65439227,046

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